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PEOPLE vs Zaldy Padilla

PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES, plaintiff-appellee, vs. ZALDY P. PADILLA, accused-appellant.

G.R. No. 126124 | 1999-01-20

D E C I S I O N


MENDOZA, J.:

For review in this case is a decision, dated May 8, 1997, of the Regional Trial Court, Branch XLV, at Urdaneta City, Pangasinan, finding accused-appellant Zaldy P. Padilla guilty of rape and imposing on him the penalty of death. The trial court also ordered accused-appellant Padilla to indemnify the offended party, Maria Aurora B. Bautista, in the amount of P50,000.00 and to pay the costs.

The evidence for the prosecution shows that at around 5 o'clock in the afternoon on April 27, 1995, Maria Aurora, a 13-year old retardate, was in the citrus farm owned by a neighbor, Jose Sagun, when accused-appellant...